D&X

I think the main reason abortionists have tried to defend partial birth abortion aka D&X is simply because they’re easier for the abortionist than late-term D&E.

How pro-lifers view the PBA issue 2004

So, why would a woman and her doctor choose (or justify) an intact D&X?

Matthew Yglesias » Legislation Effecting Women: Now With Input From Women 2009

(In cases where the pregnancy was desired (or conflicted), an intact D&X results in a basically intact body for the parent/s to see and touch, if desired; not an option here.).

Matthew Yglesias » Legislation Effecting Women: Now With Input From Women 2009

Past a certain point, both these procedures are of limited or no use, and the choice (if I understand correctly) is between intact D&X and a kind of c-section, which is of course major abdominal surgery.

Matthew Yglesias » Legislation Effecting Women: Now With Input From Women 2009

For example, one alternative to intact D&X is a D&E, where the fetus is dismembered in the uterus, and the pieces removed.

Matthew Yglesias » Legislation Effecting Women: Now With Input From Women 2009

It is a procedure as horrific to contemplate as D&X and possibly even more pain-inflicting to the potentially-viable child.

USA: Deaths from late-term abortions exceed AIDS Deaths Suzanne 2009

The procedure is formally known as dilation and extraction and is also referred to as late term abortion, D&X or Intact D&X.

Court takes harder stance on abortion 2007

And irrespective of the precise rationale the Court ends up citing, the larger problem is that, because the distinction between D&X abortions and any other procedure is wholly arbitrary, legislatures can invent further distinctions and continue to tie the hands of abortion doctors.

SCOTUS, you displease me mightily. « A Bird’s Nest 2007

That said, the medical term is D&X, dilation and extraction, since the contrversey is over a procedure, not necessarily the time in the term.

Rudy's Aides Lying About His Past Statements On "Partial Birth" Abortion 2009

Also, Gord, what JJ said over at DAMMIT JANET: "Newsflash, Gordie: Dr. Morgentaler doesn't believe late-term abortions should be regulated: "Here in Canada, intact D&X abortions are entirely legal.

Dear Gordo: Whatever happened to shutting the fuck up? CC 2009

Where does the term "partial-birth" abortion come from? The term was first coined by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in 1995 to describe a recently introduced medical procedure to remove fetuses from the womb. Alternately known as "dilation and extraction," or D&X, and "intact D&E," it involves removing the fetus intact by dilating a pregnant woman's cervix, then pulling the entire body out through the birth canal. After a physician presented a paper at a conference of the National Abortion Federation describing the new procedure, the NRLC commissioned drawings to illustrate it and published them in booklet form, as well as placing them as paid advertisements in newspapers to build public opposition. In an interview with The New Republic magazine in 1996, the NRLC's Douglas Johnson explained that the term was thought up in hopes that "as the public learns what a 'partial-birth abortion' is, they might also learn something about other abortion methods, and that this would foster a growing opposition to abortion." In 1995, Rep. Charles Canady (R-FL) included the term as part of a bill he proposed that would make it a federal crime to perform a "partial-birth" abortion.

Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Julie Rovner 2006